Program Evaluation
Introduction
As part of our Reliability Management Consulting, Lloyd's Register Capstone offers a Program Evaluation to assess the current condition of Mechanical Integrity Programs. The evaluation has been developed from many years of working with the refinery and petrochemical industries.
Key Benefits
- A Program Evaluation is designed to provide the following benefits:
- Identify existing plant "best practices" for inclusion in the MI System
- Clarify potential compliance issues
- Describe additional opportunities for improvement and "gaps" in the existing program
- Provide an understanding of needed changes in management and information systems
- Develop an action plan for OSHA 1910.119 (j) compliance and improved reliability
Details
The Program Evaluation addresses the following elements of the MI program:
- Administration and Management
An effective Mechanical Integrity System can only be implemented with strong leadership from the top of the organization. Key components of this element include the development of an MI manual, assignment of responsibility, employee involvement, and the interaction between other PSM elements and Mechanical Integrity.
- Documents and Information
Appropriate documents and information management play important roles in Mechanical Integrity. The MI system should be based upon a well-prepared set of procedures that describe what is to be done, how it is to be done, and who is responsible. In addition, the data collected should be managed in a manner that makes it useful and available.
- Planning and Scheduling
This element addresses the planning, scheduling and tracking efforts of MI-related activities. Inspections, tests, and preventative maintenance must be performed on a scheduled basis. Any identified nonconformances must be tracked until they are corrected.
- Safety
This element evaluates the responsibilities of the safety department within the MI system, applicable safety training, and the effects of the various MI-related activities on the overall safety of the facility.
- Training
All employees who work with the equipment in a covered process are required to receive training on related procedures, as well as an overview of the hazards in the process.
- Quality Assurance
Quality assurance functions are necessary to ensure new projects, new construction, and maintenance materials and spare parts are suitable for their intended use. This element evaluates the effectiveness of the QA/QC functions.
- Plant Equipment Categories
Individual Program Evaluation elements address each of the equipment types identified by OSHA 1910.119. These include pressure vessels, storage tanks, piping systems, rotating equipment, pressure relieving devices, emergency shutdown and control systems, fire protection systems and electrical systems. A separate session is scheduled for each equipment category which addresses the specific administrative, training, inspection or test, maintenance, and quality assurance issues.
